Description
Kazusa was a quiet middle schooler, but she arrived in high school determined to make friends. So (as a huge Harry Potter fan) she decides to join the literature club. When one of the club's icebreakers is 'say one thing you want to do before you die,' one of the girls blurts out 'sex.' The prudish club president, the class beauty, and the other nerdy girls' reactions are wildly different. Far from a typical sex comedy, O Maidens in Your Savage Season depicts how these girls challenge and support one another when that word pushes them onto a variety of clumsy, funny, painful, and emotional paths towards adulthood. Mari Okada s unique talent for pairing lovable and relatable characters and emotional twists is lent new dimension by the detailed and dynamic sequential art of Nao Emoto (Forget Me Not).
Legendary anime creator Mari Okada (anohana, Maquia) makes her manga debut with a moving, funny, so-true-it's-sometimes-embarrassing story of high school girls coming of age together. Perfect for those looking for a manga reminiscent of Noelle Stevenson or Jillian Tamaki.
About the Author
Perhaps Japan's most acclaimed female screenwriter, Mari Okada has been writing for anime and live action for twenty years and made her directorial debut in 2018 with Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms, an animated feature that released in the United States to a 100% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Her work for television includes anohana, Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, and Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine. O Maidens in Your Savage Season is her first manga series.
A longtime manga artist and illustrator, Nao Emoto's first manga series was Forget Me Not, co-created with Taiwanese writer Mag Hsu and published in English by Kodansha Comics. O Maidens in Your Savage Season, her collaboration with Mari Okada, is her second manga series.
Reviews
"A coming-of-age story...centered on believably nerdy and hormonal teens. I love all these dorks... Painfully relatable and pulls no punches, both hilarious and incredibly upsetting." -Anime News Network
Praise for Mari Okada's Maquia
"Stirring, sentimental, stunning... exquisite in every way... the film's passing pleasures are so rich that we don't even notice how deep Okada has driven her storytelling dagger until she pulls it out in the end, and the tears come." -Variety
"Okada is clearly a talent to watch." -Charles Solomon, Los Angeles Times
"Maquia showcases [Okada's] ability to depict complex relationships and project delicate character arcs... Sweeping fantasy meets heart-wrenching intimacy." -Hollywood Reporter
Book Information
ISBN 9781632368188
Author Mari Okada
Format Paperback
Page Count 1
Imprint Kodansha Comics
Publisher Kodansha America, Inc
Legendary anime creator Mari Okada (anohana, Maquia) makes her manga debut with a moving, funny, so-true-it's-sometimes-embarrassing story of high school girls coming of age together. Perfect for those looking for a manga reminiscent of Noelle Stevenson or Jillian Tamaki.
About the Author
Perhaps Japan's most acclaimed female screenwriter, Mari Okada has been writing for anime and live action for twenty years and made her directorial debut in 2018 with Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms, an animated feature that released in the United States to a 100% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Her work for television includes anohana, Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, and Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine. O Maidens in Your Savage Season is her first manga series.
A longtime manga artist and illustrator, Nao Emoto's first manga series was Forget Me Not, co-created with Taiwanese writer Mag Hsu and published in English by Kodansha Comics. O Maidens in Your Savage Season, her collaboration with Mari Okada, is her second manga series.
Reviews
"A coming-of-age story...centered on believably nerdy and hormonal teens. I love all these dorks... Painfully relatable and pulls no punches, both hilarious and incredibly upsetting." -Anime News Network
Praise for Mari Okada's Maquia
"Stirring, sentimental, stunning... exquisite in every way... the film's passing pleasures are so rich that we don't even notice how deep Okada has driven her storytelling dagger until she pulls it out in the end, and the tears come." -Variety
"Okada is clearly a talent to watch." -Charles Solomon, Los Angeles Times
"Maquia showcases [Okada's] ability to depict complex relationships and project delicate character arcs... Sweeping fantasy meets heart-wrenching intimacy." -Hollywood Reporter
Book Information
ISBN 9781632368188
Author Mari Okada
Format Paperback
Page Count 1
Imprint Kodansha Comics
Publisher Kodansha America, Inc
